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... The
detaining
authorities
shall ensure that
prisoners of war
who have
died
in
captivity
are honourably
buried
, if possible according to the
rites
of the
religion
to which they belonged, and that their
graves
are respected, suitably maintained and marked so as to be found at any
time
. Wherever possible,
deceased
prisoners of war
who depended on the same
Power
shall be interred in the same
place
. ...
...
Deceased
prisoners of war
shall be
buried
in
individual
graves
unless unavoidable
circumstances
require the use of
collective
graves
.
Bodies
may be cremated only for imperative
reasons
of
hygiene
, on
account
of the
religion
of the
deceased
or in
accordance
with his express wish to this
effect
. In
case
of
cremation
, the
fact
shall be stated and the
reasons
given in the
death certificate
of the
deceased
. ...
...
Deceased
prisoners of war
shall be
buried
in
individual
graves
unless unavoidable
circumstances
require the use of
collective
graves
.
Bodies
may be cremated only for imperative
reasons
of
hygiene
, on
account
of the
religion
of the
deceased
or in
accordance
with his express wish to this
effect
. In
case
of
cremation
, the
fact
shall be stated and the
reasons
given in the
death certificate
of the
deceased
. ...
...
Deceased
prisoners of war
shall be
buried
in
individual
graves
unless unavoidable
circumstances
require the use of
collective
graves
.
Bodies
may be cremated only for imperative
reasons
of
hygiene
, on
account
of the
religion
of the
deceased
or in
accordance
with his express wish to this
effect
. In
case
of
cremation
, the
fact
shall be stated and the
reasons
given in the
death certificate
of the
deceased
. ...
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